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seldonnn··on Meta has started its latest round of layoffs, focusing on business groups
A 5% buyback does not explain a 100% increase in share price.
seldonnn··on Netflix raises monthly charges for U.S. subscribers
You overestimate the amount of mental energy people are willing to spend to figure out what the “right” streaming service will be for that month.
seldonnn··on iPhone 12 Pro so costly in India, you can fly to Dubai to buy it and save money
The news here is probably more about the decline in aircraft ticket prices than some surprising change in India iPhone costs.
seldonnn··on Cloudflare’s privacy crusade continues with a challenge to Google Analytics
it help fill the customer acquisition funnel, which drives revenue for other products. The product is effectively marketing expense.
seldonnn··on TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Semiconductor Fab in U.S.
Yeah Intel has quite a few I hear
seldonnn··on Casper Sleep S-1
It’s a tech company guys
seldonnn··on A Navigator for America's Deadliest Cold War ICBM
Apparently the previous versions just weren’t that scary
seldonnn··on Tesla Model 3 represented over 15% of September new car sales in The Netherlands
They will then import the coal power from Poland :)
seldonnn··on Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
Every investment is an alternative to another investment...
seldonnn··on Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results [pdf]
That’s 3% of market cap, try again on your explanation. Hint: accelerating revenue growth
seldonnn··on Boeing loses big order for 737 Max aircraft
Less than a months production. For context, Boeing has over 7 years of MAX production in backlog.
seldonnn··on Scaling from 2k to 25k engineers on GitHub at Microsoft
I’m not an engineer and read it as the latter, correct meaning. Preposition “on” makes it pretty clear.
seldonnn··on AMD Responds to WSJ ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ Story
You have it backwards.
seldonnn··on Raytheon, United Technologies Merger Will Create A New Aerospace Giant
Oh so you don’t bother to figure out the facts prior to posting your opinion online? So smart!
seldonnn··on Raytheon, United Technologies Merger Will Create A New Aerospace Giant
There is very little product overlap so this is categorically false. UTC makes aircraft engines, commercial jet interiors, and avionics. Raytheon makes missiles, radars, and ISR equipment. Please explain how you make a missile in a a turbine engine factory.
seldonnn··on Uber S-1
You don’t pay tax if you don’t make money.
seldonnn··on F-35: What The Pilots Say
You can load one of those puppies up with 22 air to air missiles, have a forward F-35 pass along target information, and light them up from the F-15. One team. F-15 is a missile truck that can go Mach 2.2.

Ask because it goes Mach 2.2 it is probably the only fighter vehicle that can launch a hypersonic glide weapon, at least from what the early generation is likely to look like.

seldonnn··on Tesla has asked some suppliers for cash back to help it become profitable
This isn’t about a proposed deal not closing. This is about a proposed deal being reported as such, when in fact there had not ever been deal talks in the first place.
seldonnn··on Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere
This is the pac-2 missile which was fielded in 1990 and not designed to combat these kinds of missiles.

PAC-3 is much more advanced and the kill vehicle much more accurate.